Mark 6:24

And having gone out, she said to her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the immerser.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.

In Context

23And he swore to her, Whatever thou may ask of me, I will give to thee, as much as half of my kingdom.

25And having come in straightaway with haste to the king, she asked, saying, I want that thou may give me, of it on a platter, the head of John the immerser.

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Cross References

Genesis 27:8Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee.

2 Chronicles 22:3He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab. For his mother was his counselor to do wickedly.

Psalms 27:2When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, [even] my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.

Psalms 37:14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to kill such as are upright in the way.

Ezekiel 19:2and say, What was thy mother? A lioness. She couched among lions. In the midst of the young lions she nourished her whelps.

Acts 23:12And when it became day, some of the Jews, having made a conspiracy, put themselves under a curse, saying neither to eat nor to drink until they would kill Paul.

Matthew Henry on Mark 6:15-30

The Death of John the Baptist. 14 And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do show forth themselves in him. 15 Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets. 16 But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead. 17 For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake,… Read the whole commentary →

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